LFF events assistant

Salary: £31,554 per annum

Fixed Term Contract: 25 August 2026 – 23 October 2026

Location: London, BFI Southbank

Assessment centre dates: The assessment centres for this and other LFF roles will take place on Wednesday 17 June 2025 or Thursday 18 June 2026

Work behind the scenes at the BFI London Film Festival, helping coordinate talks, panels, networking events and more.

BFI London Film Festival (LFF) runs an Industry & Professional Programme of screenings, events, networking and informal marketplace for around 3,500 film industry professionals alongside the main public festival.

We are looking for an Events Assistant to support with the logistical preparation and on-site event delivery for a wide variety of events at the BFI London Film Festival, including assisting the Industry Event Coordinator with delivery of Industry events to accredited delegates and helping the other Events Coordinators deliver a broad range of public facing events including talks, panels, workshops and DJ nights.

What you’ll do

• Provide office-based administrative support during event pre-production, including updating information documents, Excel spreadsheets and the Festival database; collating guest list RSVPs; ordering event supplies; photocopying handouts and schedules; and completing other basic support tasks as required.
• Assist with research around the programmed events and help identify suitable speakers, hosts and panellists for events and panels.
• Take responsibility for the planning and delivery of selected smaller events, under the close supervision of the Events Manager, to support ongoing professional development.

What you’ll bring

• Work experience gained within a cultural organisation, events or other related organisation, either in a paid or voluntary capacity.
• Experience in delivering excellent customer service, managing issues diplomatically and resolving concerns with sensitivity and professionalism.
• Good administrative skills, with experience handling correspondence and emails, document management or database input.
• An interest in working within a festival environment and a commitment to developing skills within the arts and events sector.

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Benefits

• 25 days annual leave (rising to 30 with service) + bank holidays + the option to buy up to 5 extra days of annual leave
• Additional paid time off between Christmas and New Year
• BFI pension scheme with 5% employer contribution
• BFI Childcare Scheme, where we contribute to childcare costs
• Enhanced pay for Maternity & Paternity leave
• Complimentary tickets to BFI Southbank & IMAX screenings and events
• Free BFI Player subscription + discount on BFI merchandise, and film tickets

Plus more!

We support diversity and inclusion, and as an organisation recognise that we need to address under representation within our teams. As such we strongly welcome and encourage applicants from our under-represented groups; who identify as D/deaf and disabled and/or are Black and Global Majority. We guarantee a place at the first stage selection process to our under-represented groups who meet our minimum requirements.

We welcome and encourage applications from candidates who are under-represented in the creative industries.

Please make sure that you state in your application that you found this role via Creative Access.